GDT: Leafs Flames @7

[TMLeafer]

Oh the 50 year old 4th line looks good

 

[On-the-Fly]

Was that the old man line or just a line change?

 

[IronHalen]

Leafs really have them hemmed in.

Liking what I see from Gally more than Vesey.

Galchenyuk has been more than solid to warrant staying in the line up after this game.

 

[fahad203]

Jason still knows what to do and Joe can still pass

 

[BoredBrandonPridham]

"Simmonds with Thornton up front, with Spezza on the doorstep"

What a sentence.

 

[zeke]

Lines were changed.

Hyman to the 1st.

Engvall to the 3rd.

Thornton to the 4th.

 

[Throw More Waffles]

He wasn’t

I mean.. yeah he was. His save percentage was somewhere near .920 in mid-February.

He was 9-3-1. Good gaa.

I'm fed up of Freddy as well. But I also just find it weird that leaf-nation considers "nagging injury" a perfectly reasonable excuse for Matthews, but not Andersen.

 

[Guided by Veseys]

Yes! It’s the World Championship 2010 line

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

The newly formed molasses line with a good chance!

 

[sxvnert]

Thornton-Spezza-Simmonds should be the fourth line.

 

[Stephen]

"Simmonds with Thornton up front, with Spezza on the doorstep"

What a sentence.

How excited would your 2010 self have been at the sound of that?

 

[Gallagbi]

That save there is the one Andersen has failed to make all season.

Attack the puck, read the play and get aggressive.

It's not a huge save, or even all that difficult, but when you're timid and small in your net they go in as an "unstoppable tip"

 

[ECYCLE]

Leafs really have them hemmed in.

Liking what I see from Gally more than Vesey.

He actually uses his big body, unlike Vesey.

 

[Dave92]

Can't see why Thornton plays above Spezza. Spezza consistently looks way better than him.

 

[Leaf4Life79]

Alright, lets make this PP work boys!

 

[hamzarocks]

I mean.. yeah he was. His save percentage was somewhere near .920 in mid-February.

He was 9-3-1. Good gaa.

I'm fed up of Freddy as well. But I also just find it weird that leaf-nation considers "nagging injury" a perfectly reasonable excuse for Matthews, but not Andersen.

it wasn't ever that high from what i remember. He peaked at .909 (which is only a bit worse than I expect from him. He should be .912-.913 for us) before this horrible stretch

 

[NastyKnies]

Galch clearly still got hands

 

[staveNsteel]

His excuse was a groin injury.

Captain is utter trash and our number one goaltender couldn't stop a mutated beach ball if his life depended on it.

This team is a replica of every season. Do well for long stretches, then come back to reality and play like shit for the rest of the season.

Galchenyuk has been on 7 teams for a reason... he's trash.

Galchenyuk has always been able to produce decently.. some years above decent. He's not trash, he's been on teams that toss him in based on draft position and give him the plug and play treatment.

Unfortunately some players, even high picks, need additional coaching and chemistry with their linemates.

This is the first time in a long time that I've seen Galch put in the effort on the forecheck. You can see from his puck placement, breaking up plays, etc tonight that his IQ is quite high and his hands are very good.

I'd love to see this being that confidence back. Even to play up to a 50pt pace from the 2nd line with JT/Nylander would be a huge win

 

[BoredBrandonPridham]

Galchenyuk is a little more rambunctious. His skill level seems like it’s dropped a little though. Seem to remember him having smoother handles in Montreal.

I mean he's not carrying the puck in but his stick handling has been good in tight in the corners. Just a matter of time before he's doing that in front of the net I think.

 

[CapspaceKiller]

Simmonds dangling as well as Nylander there

 

[meefer]

I'm smoking a Canadian cigar I grew in the backyard

To early in the day for me to do the same.

 

[Throw More Waffles]

Lines were changed.

Hyman to the 1st.

Engvall to the 3rd.

Thornton to the 4th.

As they should be.

 

[Wendelstache]

reffing in this game is atrocious

 

[sxvnert]

Leafs really have them hemmed in.

Liking what I see from Gally more than Vesey.

Much better than Vesey. At the very least Gally can skake and blast the puck.

 

[MattySnipes]